What better way to warm yourself up a bit during cold winter nights than with some scantily clad Greek warriors and princesses, starting next Saturday, February 17th, when British BBC will start airing TROY: FALL OF A CITY, eight episode brand new epic television series!

TROY: FALL OF A CITY
an epic tale of mortals and gods, has a
psychologically rich and sweeping narrative which goes back to the
story’s origins: to the judgement of Paris, his

David Threlfall is King Priam of Troy

scandalous love affair
with Helen, and the ill-starred prophecy surrounding his birth.
Told from the perspective of the Trojan royal family at the heart of

Tom Weston Jones is the heroic and tragic prince Hector of Troy

the
siege, TROY: FALL OF A CITY is a rich story of love, intrigue, betrayal
and belonging. Combining thrilling adventure with heart-breaking
intimacy, it

Bella Dayne is flimsy Helen of Troy whose adultery starts the war

conveys the big themes of human existence and identity; of
people battling to retain their sense of humanity and compassion amid
the devastation and destruction of war.

THE CAST OF THE 8 PART DRAMA

The eight part saga, which will also air on Netflix after the run in UK, will see
Louis Hunter and Bella Dayne as Paris and Helen, the two lovers whose

Frances O'Connor is Hecuba, queen of Troy, Priam's wife

passionate affair plunges Greece and Troy into war, threatening to bring both empires to their knees. David Threlfall plays Paris’ father, King Priam of

Robin Hood's Jonas Armstrong is King of Sparta Menelaus

Troy, alongside Frances O’Connor as Hecuba, Queen of Troy, and Tom Weston-Jones as their eldest son brave Hector.
They are joined by a cast

From left: Joseph Mawle as Odysseus, Johnny Harris is Agamemnon, king of Mycenae

including Joseph Mawle as Odysseus the king of Ithaca, Chloe Pirrie as Hector's wife Andromache, Johnny Harris as Agamemnon the king of

Tom Weston Jones is the brave and heroic prince of Troy Hector

Mycenae who attacks Troy with his brother Menalaus, David Gyasi as Achilles (yes, for some reason he will be black and so will be his lover

For some reason BBC thinks Achilles was black, played by David Gyasi

Patroklus and also the almighty Zeus indeed), and Jonas Armstrong as Menelaus, the King of Sparta whose marriage to Helen is destroyed when

Australian actor Louis Hunter is the bratty prince of Troy Paris

Paris arrives in his city.
Further casting includes Alfred
Enoch as the Trojan general Aeneas the cousin of King Priam, David Avery as Xanthius, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Priam and Hecuba’s daughter, prophetess princess Cassandra. Check out the trailer below:

WHAT DID THE SPY THINK?

Terribly miscast in almost all of the roles, with a lot of uninspired performances and lack of any appealing or likeable characters, the series

The princes of Troy with their partners Helena and Andromache

is excruciatingly slow paced and lacking in dynamics and spark. It is visually pretty, though, with BBC scoring high visual quality. Tom Weston Jones and Louis Hunter are the eye catching elements in the series.

I don't know if they're gonna be luvers here, but he will also be played by a black actor like Achilles, because God Forbid we have an interracial gay couple on the small screens.... They'd never let that happen. But then again, David Gyasi, who plays Achilles, did have a white boyfriend in stunning Julian Morris in BBC's amazing series MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT last year. They weren't very believable together, but the series was amazing.